Trouble coming off of weed

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I am 60 years old and I have been smoking pot for last 30 years regularly!! I have been working all my life never missed a day and I have led very normal life. 15 years ago I had cancer and it was at that time that my health advisor encourage me to smoke even more. I believe that pot actually help me a lot in getting well and healthy again. I wouldn't of been able to eat after my chimio therapy but after smoking I eat and therefor I got better and back to health, thanks to my doctors God and pot. Now, after all this I decides to quit and besides two nights of weird dreams nothing else happened.I quit only because I felt it become useless and boring. The only thing that I miss is the smoking action (I am also ex cigarettes smoker) and nothing else. It has been two months now. I do not feel any different and no craving for pot. I have no reason to lie and I would like to know if anybody else has lived something like this?

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  • disthing
    11 years ago

    So you're wondering if it's normal you've had no trouble coming off weed?

    It's actually more surprising you've had no problem coming off normal tobacco, since that contains more physiologically addictive substances. Weed is generally considered to be only psychologically addictive - you're addicted to the feeling. If, psychologically, you don't get anything from it anymore i.e. find it useless and boring, there's nothing compelling you to smoke it. The desire has gone, therefore the psychological addiction has gone (or was never really there) so it makes sense that it'd be easy to break from it :)

    Not that it matters but the sad pedant within has to say... It's just "off", OP! "Trouble coming off weed". "Off of" makes no sense. Just had to let that out. Phew.

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    • Aden
      11 years ago

      You know....you are probably right! I never thought of it that way. Thanks for the reply!

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  • MissyLeyneous
    11 years ago

    Why quit smoking? It's obviously really good for your health if it helped you through chemotherapy!! (If the cancer wouldn't have killed you, the chemo would!) Your body is probably just used to it, I would imagine. So....

    Smoke stronger pot? IDK...

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  • Aden
    11 years ago

    Hi shade....I just want to clarify one thing, when I was smoking cigarettes it was all day every day, unlike pot where I was smoking mostly in the evening.

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  • shade_ilmaendu
    11 years ago

    Pretty much what disthing said, weed isn't physically addictive and doesn't operate along the reward pathway of the brain (if I remember correctly) and so it's very easy to quit. Some people feel stronger withdraws, but that happens when you take away any chemical that the body is used to. That's partly why it can be so dangerous to quit depression meds or other mood stabilizers.

    I can only imagine, did you smoke solid for 30 years or take breaks? I'm rather young, been smoking for 4 years but I take time off when I feel my tolerance is getting higher (or when I simply can't afford it :P)

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  • thanksforthefreecar
    11 years ago

    You quit, im happy for you

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  • Shackleford96
    11 years ago

    Good for you!

    Many people, when trying to quit, find a (healthy) counter habit to fill the "void," such as eating sunflower seeds or something.

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  • kelili
    11 years ago

    Unfortunately no. I do not smoke weed regularly but I smoke cigarette and each time I try to quit I become very irritable and angry. I eat a lot, I feel dizzy and weak. I would love to be like you because I want to quit but the withdrawals symptoms are too violent.

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